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State Is One Of Greatest Places For Offshore Fishing The fishing along the South Brunswick Islands coast really heated up this past week, thanks to some excellent sea conditions that existed early in the week. I can surely speak for all the offshore fishermen in saying that the calm weather was a welcome sight. As of this writing the Gulf Stream is located right along the 1(X) lathom curve. This should make the "George town Mole" and the "Big Rock" area a gixxl CAPTAIN choice for anyone targeting wahoo, tuna, dol- lAMIE'c phin, sailfish or marlin. Speaking of marlin, we JMIVllfc 3 are less than a month away from the world-fa- OFFSHORE mous white marlin run that lakes place every FISHING September off Oregon Inlet. During the first two weeks of September the white marlin start mak- REPORT ing their run southward. The Cape Hatteras area, with its close location to the 100-fathom curve, makes for an anglers' heaven. Every year the fishing cxpodes; it is very common to hear of boats tagging and releasing ten or more whites per day. If this kind of action gets your blood to pumping, you might consid er trailcring your boat up their for this marlin harvest. If your Knit is loo large to trailer, you can consider running up the Intracoastal Waterway. That is an estimated 15-hour trip which could be easily divided between two days. Isn't North Carolina a great place to live? It surely is one of the greatest places for offshore fishing in the world. * ? The highlight locally this week was the 21 -pound grouper landed by Captain Adam Sanders and crew aboard the Adam's Apple. Dr. Kendal Suh and his crew, fishing the Mackerel Missile , had a banner day Monday. They landed nine king mackerel and several large Spanish mackerel. York Pharr, fishing his boat Fishing Team, experienced the same kind of day limiting out on kings as they worked an area 20 miles offshore. The Long Bay Lady Angler King Tournament was held Sunday, Aug. 1 1 in Southport. According to Mrs. Fayc Harrelson, co-chairman of this event, 48 boats participated. The wmner was Joyce English of Long Beach, fishing aboard the Lady's Choice, with a 38.95-pound king. Second place went to Mrs. Ronda Minor fishing with Dr. Andre Minor aboard their boat. Hypertension. Third place went to Mrs. Claire Long aboard the Kodiak. The banking institutions locally were well rep resented in this tournament. Mrs. Diane McRainey (branch manager of NCNB Calabash) placed 5th fishing with her husband William McRainey on board the Overdue Binge. Mrs. Linda Walters (branch manager UCB Calabash) place 6th fishing with her husband, Charles Walters, aboard their boat Sinsation. * ? ? ? A large king was not the only excitement experienced by William and Diane during this tournament. They were fortunate enough to hook up with a nice sailfish. William reported that the sailfish hit the flat line right behind the transom. They did battle with this beautiful billfish for close to 30 minutes. The battle was highlighted by an estimated 20 grayhounding leaps. Finally the leader wire broke under the strain and sent this sailfish off to fight another day. ? * What a week of fishing! That it for now. Until next time, tight lines, bent rods and good fishin*. BEACON FILE PHOTO FRANK SCHWARTZ, biologist with the N.C. Institute of Marine Sciences, dissects the winning catch in the 1989 Poor Boy Shark Tournament ? a 565-pound tiger. POOR BOY ENTERS 1 OTH YEAR Anglers Want More Sharks In '9 1 BY D()U(; RUTTER North Carolina's only shark fish ing U)urnamcnt turns 10 years old next week. The annual Poor Boy Shark Tournament is scheduled Aug. 22 24 out of Hughes' Marina at Shallotte Point. Fishing starts Thursday, Aug. 22, following an 8 p.m. captain's meet ing at the marina. All fish must be weighed in by Saturday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. Shark fishermen are looking to rebound from last year's event, which organizers called the worst Poor Boy tournament in its nine year history. Anglers weighed in only 27 sharks and the total weight of 90() pounds was about 1 ,500 pounds be low the previous worst year. David Smith of Whiteville won the tournament with a 234-pound silky shark. It was the only fish caught that weighed over 100 pounds. Frank Schwartz, biologist with the N.C. Institute of Marine Sciences and weighmastcr for the annual event, expects fishermen will bring in more sharks this year than they did last year. Schwartz attributed the lack of sharks in 1990 to the cold late spring _^ind other weather-related I conditions. They combined lo form a wall of cool water several hundred miles offshore which prevented sharks from migrating into state wa ters. Those conditions persisted until May, he said, but have now returned to normal. Although it's been un usually warm much of this year, re cent rainfall should help the shark fishing. Schwartz, a leading shark expert in the slate, said ecological condi tions arc more conducive to shark catches this year than they were a year ago when only five of the 18 boats weighed in fish. "It looks good as far as I can see from up this way," Schwartz said in a recent telephone interview from Morehcad City. "There is a good variety of sharks around." The tournament entry fee this year is S225 per boat, and 90 per cent of the fees will be paid out as cash prizes, said spokesperson Allison Hughes. Fishermen bringing in the five largest sharks will receive 30, 20, 15, 10 and 5 percent of the fees. Another 10 percent will be paid for the heaviest aggregate weight of five sharks. For more information on the tour nament, call Hughes' Marina. Fishing Picks Up In Some Places HY DOU<; RUTTKR Alter several weeks of slow fishing, activity has started pick ing up for some local anglers. Catches of mackerel, bottom fish and spots increased last week, according to reports from several fishing centers. Others said the fishing remains slow. "Even with the rain last week, the fishing was pretty good," said Jesse Hayes of Captain Pete's Marina at Holden Beach. He reported catches of king and Spanish mackerel, snapper and sea bass in the ocean and flounder, spots and puppy drum in the surf. The king mackerel have been large for this time of year. Hayes said kings weighing 27 and 2X pounds usually don't show up un til the menhaden arrive in October. He said it will probably take a real nice catch to win any of this year's king mackerel tournaments. "Maybe everybody has something to look forward to this fall," said Hayes. He said fishermen already arc reporting catches off the Jell II, a 170-foot ship that was sunk as an artificial reef less than two months ago off Lockwood Folly Inlet. Anglers have hooked kings and Spanish at the site. "That was very, very promising there," Hayes said. Sea Mist Camping Resort The fishing was better last week than the two previous weeks, said Mary Roscoe of Sea Mist STAFF PHOTO 0* TOMlA TRE$T JOSHUA NEW NAM of Greensboro sets up his tackle box before fishing off the Ocean Isle Beach pier. Camping Resort at Brick Landing. 'The spot fishing seems to be picking up." she said Monday. During the week. Keith Ellcrbe of Rockingham caught a bucket of spcits and croaker and Steve Glover of Fayettcvillc filled a cooler with spots measuring six to eight inches long. Mrs. Roscoc said Chris Fallin of Gastoma caught a mixed bag of bottom fish. Hushes' Marina The fishing wasn't so hot last week for the fishermen out of Hughes' Marina at Shallottc Point. Allison Hughes said anglers went out in the rain but didn't catch anything. "It was a bad week. 1 don't really think anything was done." Pier fishermen didn't fare too well last week either, but that's FISHING REPORT pretty typical for this time of the season. Sunset Heath Pier Ed Kaylcr of Sunset Beach Fishing Pier said the fishing was average for the second week ol August. 'There just aren't that many fish around this time of year." Kaylcr said pier anglers caught mostly spots, whiting, catfish and small sharks last week. Fishermen caught one 14-pound king mack erel and one Spanish during the week. llolden Beach Pier At Holden Beach Fishing Pier, anglers also pulled in spots, whit ing, catfish and sharks. "With the rain on and off we've got just a few king mackerel fish ermen out there," spokesman Jerry McLamb said Monday. Anglers caught a couple ol flounder and one sheepshead last week at Holden Beach Pier. Ocean Isle Beach Pier "They've been catching fish but it could be belter," was the rcpori from Curtis Williamson of Ocean Isle Beach Fishing Pier, where an glers caught spots, trout and blues. Williamson would rather focus on the season as a whole than what happened last week. "I heard a fella say last week he's already caught more fish than he did all last year. That made me feel bet ter." This Week's Tide Table AUGUST HIGH LOW Day Dale A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Thursday 15 12:21 1:05 6:29 7:06 Friday 16 1:09 1:57 7:16 7:58 Saturday 17 1:59 2:50 8:07 8:57 Sunday 18 2:53 3:45 9:03 9:54 Monday 19 3:49 4:42 9:59 10:52 Tuesday 20 4:45 5:35 10:55 11:45 Wednesday 21 5:40 6:22 11:48 ADJUSTMENTS SHA1.LOTTE INLET? add 17 nun. high tide, add 32 mm. low tide. LOCKWOOD FOLLY ? subtract 22 min. high tide, subtract 8 min. low tide. BALD HEAD ISLAND ? subtract 10 min. high tide, subtract 7 min. low tide. SOliTHPORT ? add 7 min. high tide, add 15 min low lide. LITTLE RIVER? add 7 min. high tide, add 7 min. low tide. *fea JZ. 2T CHARTERS OFFSHORE SPORTFISHING ?KINGS .DOLPHIN ?SPANISH .BARRACUDA ?GROUPER .SNAPPER Capt. Adam Sanders U.S C G. 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